Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/565] 6.12.58-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 06:38:21AM +0000, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.58 release.
> > There are 565 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> [SNIP]
> > Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >     tty/vt: Add missing return value for VT_RESIZE in vt_ioctl()
>  
> Locking seems to be messed up in backport of above mentioned patch.
>  
> That patch is viewable here:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?h=queue/6.12&id=884e9ac7361b2a3c3a7a90ffaf541ffc2ded6738
> 
> Upstream uses guard() locking:
> |    case VT_RESIZE:
> |    {
> |        ....
> |        guard(console_lock)();
> |        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-------this generates auto-unlock code
> |        ....
> |        ret = __vc_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll, true);
> |        if (ret)
> |            return ret;
> |            ^^^^^^^^^^----------this releases console lock
> |        ....
> |        break;    
> |    }
>  
> Older stable branches use old-school locking:
> |    case VT_RESIZE:
> |    {
> |        ....
> |        console_lock();
> |        ....
> |        ret = __vc_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll, true);
> |        if (ret)
> |            return ret;
> |            ^^^^^^^^^^----------this does not release console lock
> |        ....
> |        console_unlock();
> |        break;
> |    }
>  
> Backporting upstream fixes that use guard() locking to older stable
> branches that use old-school locking need "extra sports".
>  
> Please consider dropping or fixing above mentioned patch.

Can you provide a fixed up patch?

thanks,

greg k-h